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Android Is Soaring, So Why Are Google Shares Sinking?
10:30AM 5/31/2011
Company News, Technology, Earnings, Google , Microsoft, Apple, Baidu Inc, Yahoo, Stocks in the News
Google's shares have fallen 15% in the last three months while the S&P 500 has traded flat. This share price decline seems odd when contrasted with the spectacular success Google has been experiencing with its Android mobile OS. But there are good reasons Wall Street isn't impressed.
Diamond to Buy Pringles for $1.5 Billion
6:00PM 4/05/2011
Diamond Foods is buying the Pringles brand of chips from Procter & Gamble for $1.5 billion. The deal is the latest -- and biggest -- of a stack of acquisitions for the maker of Emerald nuts and Pop Secret popcorn, making Diamond to the No. 2 snack company after PepsiCo's Frito-Lay.
Inside Wall Street: Putting Mergers and Acquisitions to Work for You
9:00AM 3/19/2011
Investing, Goldman Sachs , Google , Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Apple, Stock Picks, Cisco Systems, Chevron, Market News, Investment
Mergers and acquisitions are becoming ever more popular, with activity up 24% in the first two months of this year -- after already growing 23% in 2010. Here's how your portfolio can benefit from this trend.
Is Starbucks Brewing Up a Merger With Peet's Coffee?
8:00AM 3/16/2011
The longtime coffee rivals may be discussing a merger that could provide the smaller player with a boost in the single-cup market. And Peet's, which has longstanding deals with grocery chains, could steer Starbucks towards a smoother grocery distribution strategy.
Huawei Wins U.S. Injunction Against Motorola
3:00AM 2/23/2011
Motorola's sale of its network-equipment division to Nokia Siemens Networks seems to have hit another hiccup. Chinese telecom-equipment maker Huawei has won a preliminary U.S. court injunction against Motorola, a Huawei vendor, arguing that the deal would transfer confidential information to a competitor.
Borders isn't the only retailer hoping for a little financial relief these days. It's been a difficult few years for U.S. retailers and even those that weathered the recession are still at risk of folding, even as the recovery gains momentum. This year could see the end, or at least some very big...
Nothing like a big media deal to spark commentary from the media. And indeed, there's been no shortage of reaction -- from praise to pillory -- to AOL's decision to purchase upstart news site The Huffington Post for $315 million, mostly in cash.
Citigroup Takes Back Record Company EMI from Terra Firma
7:30PM 2/01/2011
Citigroup has foreclosed on U.K.-based record label EMI Group, taking it back from private-equity firm Terra Firma, which bought EMI from Citigroup for a whopping $4.7 billion in 2007.
European Commission Approves Intel Acquisition of McAfee
6:30PM 1/27/2011
The European Commission on Wednesday approved Intel's $7.68 billion acquisition of security-software company McAfee. Regulators had been concerned that the deal would exclude competing software from working with Intel processors, but Intel agreed to maintain interoperability.
M&A Mania: Early 2011 Deals Have Already Hit a 10-Year High
1:00PM 1/12/2011
Energy, Company News, Economy, Investing, DuPont, Market News
Companies such as Duke Energy and DuPont are off and running with megamergers early this year. Even Playboy is among the dealers. And market pros say the trend is far from over. Why are so many U.S. companies tying the knot? Fast growth is hard to come by in any other strategy.
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